Physics 141 Honors Mechanics
Textbook: An Introduction to Mechanics by
Kleppner and Kolenkow
Location & Time: KPTC 120, Tu-Th 9:30-10:50
Discussion Session: W 6:30-7:20
My Office hours: Tu 4-5
This course is an honors introduction to
classical mechanics aimed at beginning students.There will be
weekly problem sets,
a weekly discussion session and lab sections.
An outline of the course can be found here.
In addition, there will be a weekly discussion section held on
Wednesdays at 6:30 pm, and a weekly lab section. Information about
the lab
schedule can be found here.
Note that the first in
person lab meeting is Week 3. The first lab assignment is due
before the end of Week 2.
Teaching Assistants:
- Austin Dymont, office hours: W
2-3 KPTC 303
- David Newsom, office hours: F 2-3 KPTC
307
- Xinkang Wang, office hours: M 2-3
KPTC 305
The teaching assistants can be found in KPTC
307 during their office hours unless otherwise stated.
Exams and Homework
The grade for the course will tentatively be determined by the
problem sets (~25%), your lab reports (~15%), a midterm
tentatively scheduled for Oct 25 (~25%) and the final exam (~35%).
Homework assignments will usually be handed out
Thursday and available online, and will typically be due the
following Thursday. The assignments will be posted on
canvas.
The date for the final will be determined by the college.
I'd like you to primarily think about the
homework assignments yourself. There is no better way to learn the
material
than to puzzle over it. If you encounter difficulties, come talk
to me or the teaching assistants.